/**
 * Copyright 2010-2012 initialize4j.org
 * 
 * <pre>
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not
 * use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of
 * the License at
 * 
 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 * 
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
 * WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
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 */
package org.initialize4j.provide;

/**
 * Interface which can be implemented to provide different types of data.
 * 
 * @author <a href="hillger.t@gmail.com">hillger.t</a>
 */
public interface Provider<T> {

	/**
	 * Returns an instance of <code>T</code> this Provider provides.
	 * 
	 * @return T
	 */
	T provide();
}
